Southern Hawker at Egleton Centre

The picture on the right shows a Southern Hawker emerging on 11th June at the side of the pond near the Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre at Egleton.

 

Events and Courses

For advance details of some new courses and some old popular favourites please click here.

And clicking here will give you details of this year's Birdfair.

Sunrise

Warden Martin Kerman took this picture on the reserve just before 4am. Bird Ringers have to start early at this time of year - but, as the picture shows, there are great compensations!

This pond lies to the west of Lax Hill which can be seen in the background.

A much bigger reserve

Construction of the first new lagoon is now well under way. For more details of the planned extension to the nature reserve please click here.

 

A very unusual sight

Wader Scrape Hide on the Lyndon Reserve offers great views of the Ospreys on the Manton Bay nest, but immediately in front of the hide is an area of reedbed where, all last summer the curious calls of Water Rail could be heard. Last winter the Osprey project team cleared three channels through the reeds and this has opened up occasional views of the adult Rails throughout this spring.

Then in late May the adults were seen carrying food into the depths of the reeds and, soon afterwards, six chicks were brought out to feed just 2 or 3 metres from the hide. For most birdwatchers this was the first ever view of the strange chicks, with bare pink patches on the back of their heads and to see them so close and oblivious of the clicking cameras above them was quite remarkable.

Water Rail family. Photo: John Wright